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Top 10 Countries That Censored YouTube


YouTube is the most popular video

sharing site in the world yet that

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that censored YouTube before we begin we

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content for this list we’re looking at

various countries that have censored or

banned YouTube in the past will be

ranking our list on the severity of the

reason and the extent of the censorship

number 10 Russia Russia has been known

to censor YouTube in the past

particularly when it comes to their

battles with extremism in 2010 a video

was uploaded to YouTube showing Islamic

extremist Doku Umarov claiming

responsibility for the Moscow Metro

bombings a series of suicide bombings

that left 40 people dead the video was

subsequently removed from the site the

calf cast center an independent Islamist

news agency then claimed that Russian

officials had ordered YouTube to remove

over 300 of their videos

another ban was attempted in July 2010

when the City Court of kamsa molas

kaanum or attempted to block YouTube due

to its hosting extremist content however

the ban was ultimately unsuccessful

number 9 brazil the paparazzi really

will record anything in September 2006

brazilian fashion model and TV host

daniela Ciccarelli and her boyfriend

were filmed fooling around on a public

beach this naturally caught the

attention of the internet and Ciccarelli

demanded that YouTube removed the video

while they did try many users simply re

uploaded the clip and it continued to

make its rounds on the Internet

exasperated Ciccarelli and her boyfriend

filed a lawsuit that requested that

YouTube be banned until the video was

removed amazingly the Brazilian Court

complied and YouTube was blocked from

the country for a couple of days before

the court overturned its decision number

8 turkey turkey is no stranger to

YouTube censorship the first instance

came in March 2007 when videos insulting

the founder of Turkey were posted

Turkey’s main Internet

provider türk Telekom was subsequently

ordered to block the site until the

offensive videos were removed YouTube

was subsequently banned several times

including in 2010 when a video surfaced

of politician Dennis Baikal meeting with

a woman for a romantic endeavor it was

blocked yet again in March 2014 after a

recording of government officials

discussing military involvement in Syria

was leaked more recently it was

throttled in December 2016 when a video

was uploaded depicting the murder of two

Turkish soldiers at the hands of

jihadists number seven Libya in January

2010 many Libyans woke up to find that

their access to YouTube had been blocked

as numerous videos were posted to the

site which were deemed unacceptable some

of these videos showed a protest from

the family members of inmates who were

murdered inside Abu Salim prison a

prison infamous for its abuse and

mistreatment of prisoners other videos

that were deemed unacceptable depicted

Muammar al-gaddafi family members at a

lavish party the ban was finally lifted

one year later at the conclusion of the

Libyan Civil War number six Thailand

Thailand is also no stranger to YouTube

censorship in 2006 various videos were

posted to the site that mocked the

country’s came under Thai law defamation

of the king is illegal to unblock the

site Google needed to remove 20

offensive videos which included the

insulting videos of the king and

criticisms of the law itself it was

blocked again in March 2007 although no

official reason was given and again the

next month after more offensive videos

and images of the monarch were published

the ban was finally lifted nearly 5

months later after YouTube agreed to

block the offensive videos from Thai

viewers number 5 Turkmenistan on

Christmas Day 2009 YouTube and various

other social websites like LiveJournal

were officially blocked in Turkmenistan

although no official reason was given

however new sources claimed that the

various bands were an attempt by the

officials of Turkmenistan to block

citizens from accessing all

native information and new sources their

alleged hope was to prevent outside

journalists from providing intelligence

to independent media Turkmenistan is

known for its abysmal freedom of press

as the autocratic government controls

nearly all forms of media in the country

partial access was temporarily restored

but it was suspended again in 2017

number four China like Turkmenistan

YouTube is completely blocked in China –

a few special areas the initial block

came in October 2007 and it remained in

place for five months however it was

again blocked in March 2009 after video

surfaced showing security officials

beating on protesters in Tibet a region

that’s been incorporated by China but

that is long yearn for independence

Beijing officials denounced the video

and called it doctored and quote a lie

before placing a ban on the popular

video sharing site the ban has remained

in place ever since number three

Pakistan the first of many bans in

Pakistan came in February 2008 when the

Pakistan telecommunication Authority

blocked access to the site over quote

non-islamic objectionable videos however

many people believed that this was an

excuse to cover the real reason videos

allegedly showing proof of vote rigging

by the ruling party it happened again in

May 2010 after blasphemous images of

Mohammed were posted to the site it was

then band after YouTube neglected to

remove the trailer for innocence of

Muslims an anti Islamic short film the

ban was finally lifted three years later

when YouTube launched a local version

that allowed government officials to

better control potentially controversial

material number two Iran Iran has a long

history of internet censorship

often times involving YouTube while

various ISPs allow access to the video

sharing site and schools and

universities retain a special privilege

to unblock YouTube for educational

purposes the web site was still banned

for a large majority of the country

after the release of the innocence of

Muslims trailer in 2012 an Iranian news

agency said that the web site was banned

quote because of public too

and and it remains blocked from most of

the population to this day number one

North Korea not only is YouTube blocked

from North Korea but many of the

country’s citizens do not have access to

the Internet at all those that do have

access are only given a strict

sanctioned and sanitized version that

the government controls however to

prevent visitors and foreigners from

releasing information and to further

limit access to the outside YouTube

along with various other social media

sites like Facebook and Twitter were

completely banned in April 2016 those

caught accessing the website in any way

would be subject to an uncertain

punishment the harrowing details of

which are unknown do you agree with our

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